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Star Trek Into Darkness

English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.Creating the Red Planet – Experience the creation of a never-before-seen alien world, as featured in the action-packed opening sequence of the film.

Attack on Starfleet – Go behind the scenes with the cast and filmmakers and witness the creation of the shocking attack on Starfleet Headquarters.

The Klingon Home World – Discover the stunning world of Kronos, and see how the filmmakers reinvented the Klingons for a new generation.

The Enemy of My Enemy – Find out how, and why, the identity of the film’s true villain was kept a mystery to the very end.

Ship to Ship – An in-depth and thrilling look at the filming of the iconic space jump sequence, which both defied the laws of physics and pushed the limits of visual effects.

Brawl by the Bay – Sit in with Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch as they revisit their intense preparation for the film’s breathtaking climax.

Continuing the Mission – An inspiring look at the partnership between the film’s crew and the organization that assists returning veterans to find meaningful ways to contribute on the home front.

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Has it been absolutely confirmed that this release will NOT feature the IMAX aspect ratio cropped to 1:78:1, and that the whole film will be presented in 2:40:1? Because blu-ray.com has not yet confirmed this, but they confirmed the other stuff.http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11613

The 3D cover is pretty cool, but yikes, I'm not a fan of the basic BD cover.

I liked this movie better than pretty much everything this summer up until I saw Pacific Rim. I'd say Pacific Rim is the favorite so far, but I've got to say it's been a bland summer. I'll join the Mandarin bandwagon as someone who thought Iron Man's twist diminished the film. Man of Steel was missing something as well.

My biggest critiques for Into Darkness were:

1) A chase sequence ending that felt so much smaller than the action that preceded it. AKA, an underwhelming climax.

2) The semi-plagiarism of Wrath of Khan. An homage or send-up shouldn't be so on the nose, especially when they don't have any hope of matching WoK's emotional impact. That was just beautiful storytelling when [1980's spoiler alert]Spock died. We felt Kirk's sense of loss. And, what's more, we could believe that he was really gone [end 1980's spoiler]. Here, when the reverse of WoK happens how could anyone believe that wasn't going to be resolved over the course of the final 15 minutes of the film? This is Hollywood. Sequels abound. They're simply not going to attempt something that shocking/ambitious. Consequently, there couldn't be any emotional resonance in the moment, much less when all was well by the credit roll.

Regarding Iron man 3. I HATED it. Let me say that I personally never knew of mandarin before I saw the previews. I just think that was the worst possible thing u could do to a villain. Why on god's green earth would a twist like that ever be approved? Why even waste Ben Kingsly on a role like that? I've heard it said that its mostly the comic fans that were upset. Well like I said, I never knew of Mandarin nor did I read an IM comic book. It was the most lame and inappropriate twist. I just hope other films don't follow that trend.

There is so much I want to say about this film. So much. I can't even really put my finger on just one element on where this film went wrong. I guess I could start on one thing since it's the hook of the film that surprised no one. Sherlock is actually KHAN.

And by that, he's pretty much Khan in name only because there is nothing about his character that even remotely resonates the original in either behavior or intellect. The original Khan wasn't a psychopath war criminal who wanted to wipe out those he deemed inferior, he was a man who aspired to greatness when he thought his ideal rule was the right one. As the characters stated in Space Seed when they were going over his history (which was written by those who defeated him)

Scotty: "There were no massacres under his rule." McCoy: "No wars until he was attacked."

And from his dialogue with Kirk later on you get the sense that he left Earth not because he was being thrown out, but because he knew that humanity would never accept his rule and would always rise up against him. He still wanted to rule, but he couldn't do that with a world that did not accept his idea of order ("We offered the world ORDER!&quot, so he and his few remaining followers left Earth for a world to win and an empire to build.

There is NONE OF THAT with this Khan. He doesn't even have any long term goals for his plans. What's worse is that every single one of his schemes are done due to false assumptions. Where as the original Khan's vengeance against Kirk was due to being left on hell for 15 years and being helpless to save 20 of his followers and his wife, this Khan just assumed that Marcus killed his followers and that's it. For someone who's setup to have a superior intellect, he certainly doesn't check to make sure if his worst fears have come to life.

I don't know what you guys here are talking about. This is literally the only good action movie out this summer. Iron Man 3 was lame. Man of Steel was my most anticipated of the year and it was so bad, I still haven't gotten over it and I saw it a month ago. Star Trek Into Darkness is a fun action movie on the surface, but if you're too can't see the deeper messages, well then that's the fault of your own stubbornness.

I loved the reboot, but I had mixed feelings on this one. It was entertaining and definitely something I'd watch again, but the script was just too bland. Like they wrote it based on a formulaic notion of what a blockbuster movie should be like instead what of what the film needed to be like.

Benedict Cumberbatch wavered between menacing and poorly directed in this film. I share the same thoughts with other folks, why did the writers go back and mine "Khan" territory when there are dozens of original storylines out there?

I'd have to totally disagree with the comment above as I thought this was a great film and I liked it just as much as the first Abrams Star Trek film. Probably helped by the fact I know nothing about the characters, histories, other films etc so have no knowledge of catchphrases, flipping key scenes etc.

The reverse is true of Iron Man 3. I know about the characters from the comics so hated what they did with the Mandarin. Anyway, just shows sometimes knowledge of a film universe can either ruin it for you or help you enjoy the film more.

Taking the prize from the hands of Ghostbusters 2 for the most unimaginative sequel in history. WIth a blank canvas to draw from and limitless possibilities of plot and villain, they decide to carry out a drunken remake of Wrath of Khan and remove all of the interesting aspects. Even flipping a key scene and removing any of its resonance.

JJ can direct, but that script was horendous. The main crew (aside from Scotty and Uhura) are basically just there to act as catchphrase soundboards (DAMN IT JIM etc) and the behaviour of EVERYONE made no sense at all.

I think the thing with these movies now is TOO MUCH, I mean that in regards to action and length. Man of steel as well, when u throw nonstop action at us left and right, u have to propel the story in SOME way. It doesn't have to sound as artsy or anything, but to have one explosion after another is just mind numbing. Then the length issue, these movies do not need to exceed the two hour mark. You shouldn't exhaust your audience, you should leave them wanting more. We're in 2013 and it's just that point where we've seen it all. They need to make the action scary or intense, add some danger to it. The latest fast and furious film handled that well. The dark knight rised did that as well, it had heart, emotion. I think even the most tolerant action fans were bored by the end of man of steel. I don't mean to veer off topic, but when you have two basically invinvible people hitting each other it just gets old. Hollywood is about to implode and I seriously fear for it and for us. They say $50 tickets could be in out future and that scares me.

Good action, the cast was awesome, but as soon as Leonard Nemoy showed up the script seemed to just collapse into WoK territory. It's a shame Paramount doesn't like to put the IMAX footage in a different aspect ratio (They also didn't do this with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol), only Warner Brothers seems to know what to do with films shot in IMAX. The blu ray looks like it has less special features than the amazing 'Star Trek' Blu ray did 4 years ago, which is a shame. No commentary, deleted scenes, gag reel?

Ridiculously entertaining and a great follow-up to the 2009 film. Only thing is, if they were always going to go in the direction they did, they could have either made this film be completely original in all respects or imitated the better parts of the WoK film which were the ship to ship battles. You got none of that here.

I'm by no means a Trekkie and I did like the previous installment, but this one was just passable. I don't think I need to revisit it any time soon. The 2009 Trek was a pretty solid film, it stayed with me and made quite an impression. That didn't happen with this one.